Mortgage applications jump as refis surge (MSNBC)
Applications for U.S. home mortgages increased last week, boosted by record setting purchasing and surging refinancing activity even as mortgage rates rose, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Mortgage industry leery of lending (Seattle Times) Just when consumers and the U.S. economy need banks to lend more freely, the mortgage industry is making it harder to borrow ? even...read more...
United Eyes Contracts After Pension Win Associated Press Update 24: United Gets OK to Dump Four Pension Plans 05.11.2005, 10:13 AM United Airlines gained a significant financial victory with court approval to dump its four pension
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Toll Brothers Chief Says Housing Market May Recover in 2010-11 read more...
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